Friday, January 6, 2012

fri., 6 jan., 2012: a saami descriptor: give us This Day our Daily Curse

SAAMI:  bázo    + 

     + ) “Bázo” — a Saami  [Laplander]  term for someone hovering between slow & dim-witted, but not quite a retard...  [Saami is spoken by the indigenous peoples of the arctic northern reaches of norway, sweden, finland & russia’s kola penninsula; a principle means of Saami livelihood in the scandinavian arctic is reindeer herding, which only Saami are legally permitted to pursue]   
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